Siege of Madrid

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battle of the Spanish Civil War siege

The Siege of Madrid was a prolonged and pivotal early campaign of the Spanish Civil War in which Republican forces successfully resisted Nationalist attempts to capture Spain’s capital.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Madrid canonical 14
siege of Madrid 2
Battle of Madrid 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
siege ⓘ
aftermath extensive destruction of parts of the city ⓘ
heavy civilian casualties in Madrid ⓘ
prolonged stalemate around Madrid front ⓘ
attacker Nationalist forces ⓘ
conflict Spanish Civil War ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
defender Republican forces ⓘ
defensiveLine Casa de Campo ⓘ
Manzanares River ⓘ
surface form: Manzanares River line
endTime 1939-03 ⓘ
front Central front of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
hasCasualties large number of civilian casualties ⓘ
military casualties on both sides ⓘ
hasParticipant Condor Legion ⓘ
surface form: German Condor Legion

International Brigades ⓘ
Corpo Truppe Volontarie ⓘ
surface form: Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie

Nationalist faction (Spain) ⓘ
Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Republic
location Madrid ⓘ
notableCommander Francisco Franco ⓘ
José Miaja ⓘ
Vicente Rojo Lluch ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of the University City ⓘ
Nationalist offensive of November 1936 ⓘ
bombing of Madrid ⓘ
opponent Nationalist forces ⓘ
Republican forces ⓘ
partOf Spanish Civil War ⓘ
result Republican defensive victory (city not captured during main siege phase) ⓘ
eventual Nationalist capture of Madrid in March 1939 ⓘ
significance pivotal early campaign of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
prevented quick Nationalist victory in the war ⓘ
symbol of Republican resistance ⓘ
slogan ¡No pasarán! ⓘ
startTime 1936-11 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of the Spanish capital by Nationalist forces ⓘ
defense and retention of Madrid by Republican forces ⓘ
supportedBy Fascist Italy ⓘ
surface form: Fascist Italy (for Nationalist side)

Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form: Nazi Germany (for Nationalist side)

Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Union (for Republican side)
tacticUsed aerial bombardment ⓘ
artillery bombardment ⓘ
urban warfare ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Civil War → notableBattle → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
Condor Legion → engagedIn → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Madrid
Battle of Jarama → precededBy → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
Battle of Brunete → precededBy → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
Enrique Líster → participatedIn → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defense of Madrid
slogan ¡No pasarán! → popularizedDuring → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
subject surface form: ¡No pasarán!
Central front of the Spanish Civil War → notableBattle → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
Nationalist faction (Spain) → notableEvent → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
Battle of the University City → partOf → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
Nationalist offensive of November 1936 → front → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madrid front
Nationalist offensive of November 1936 → precededBy → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nationalist advance on Madrid (July–October 1936)
Nationalist offensive of November 1936 → defendedBy → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Brigades in Madrid
Casa de Campo → significantEvent → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
Nationalist command in the Spanish Civil War → coordinatedCampaign → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
Spanish Nationalist Air Force → notableOperation → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
11th Division (Spanish Republican Army) → garrisonOrHeadquarters → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madrid (various fronts)
Francoist military forces → notableOperation → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
Battle of Madrid → hasPart → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege of Madrid
¡No pasarán! speech → inspiredByEvent → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege of Madrid
Nationalist Army → notableBattle → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
Aviación Nacional → notableOperation → Siege of Madrid ⓘ
FARE → conflict → Siege of Madrid ⓘ